RARE Alice Cooper 1974 interview during Billion Dollar Babies Tour
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2019
- Alice Cooper’s Billion Dollar Babies Live will be available on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day Black Friday on November 29!
Recorded live at Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas on April 28, 1973, this exclusive release will be limited to 6,000 units worldwide. Get your copy at your nearest local independent retailer on November 29: recordstoreday.com
In celebration of this special release, we have uncovered an interview of Alice Cooper in the midst of the massively successful 1973-1974 Billion Dollar Babies tour. In the video, he is interviewed at the Hotel Hesperia in Helsinki, Finland, discussing his stage persona, rock music, violence, his audiences, and musical influences.
At the time, Alice was in Europe to promote the original band's upcoming film, “Good To See You Again, Alice Cooper”, which predominately featured live concert footage filmed at the 1973 Sam Houston Coliseum show. Alice then headed to Brazil where the band became the first western band to perform there.
This rare interview filmed by YLE, The Finnish Broadcasting Company for the Finnish TV Show "Iltatähti", was originally broadcast on April 13, 1974.
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Alice Is still a down to earth person and a living legend.
Always been a big fan but this interview is decades old.
Actually met Vincent at our golf club several years ago. Really nice guy !
@@4freki thank you for your reply. I've never met alice, but in interviews he comes across like you said, a very nice guy. That shows what a great performer he is.
So funny how right brains German or Scandinavians react to left brain Alice Cooper.
Best case they're confused (like this guy). Worst case they get frightened and try to get their children the hell out of there! LOL!
@@4freki Name dropper. 🙄
Are you Welsh...
"I can't be Alice all the time.." He learned that lesson from Jim Morrison.
And Janis.
He was a drinking buddy of Jim.
@@JimmyFranceable really?
Even when Alice(Vincent) was drinking hard, his intelligence still shows.
He was what some people refer to as a ‘functioning alcoholic’, meaning that he could give off the appearance of really having his shit together 100%, but he had to be consuming alcohol 24-7 in order to give off that appearance. Some also call that ‘maintenance drinking’. My uncle was wired exactly the same way, except unlike Alice he never got sober, and it took him to his grave early. Most people only think of slurring, sloppy, stumbling, vomiting wrecks whenever the word “alcoholic” is used. They think of dirty, helpless people who pee their pants uncontrollably and can’t function in society, but the reality is that probably MOST alcoholics are like Alice was at this time. Drinking just to maintain their normality.
Saw him in Atlantic City last week, still incredible at 71 years old.
I played cards with Alice before a show a few years ago. He’s truly a class act and very smart and very funny. He also kicked my ass at poker.
Vote Alice Cooper President 2020. Let's make America sick again.
Best comment in rock n roll for 2019 !👍Got my Vote.
During the early 70s Alice joked about running for the Presidency with the slogan “ A troubled man for troubled times”
Ironically, he probably has the funds and the wherwithal to do it?
“I wanna be elected!”
A candidate for a new party. A third party. A wild party
Love how aware Alice is about what he’s doing. Understands perfectly it’s all just a show, and it’s a reflection of the society it arises from
@louisedow6489Wtf does any of that have to do with Alice?
He really said some interesting things here, especially about not listening to rock so he wouldn't get influenced. That's why he's so unique and always has original ideas
Be original you will still be performing at 75 years old
The Coop was HUGE in the early 70’s... the Alice Cooper band was incredibly talented and so underrated
George Glass I meant that the band was never given the credit they deserved by the ‘critics’
I agree, the lead guitar is awesome. Always has been
I was around when he started out. The band was huge and not underrated at all
His speaking voice has changed more than his singing voice!
They've both changed but not in a bad way
Well, getting sober and growing older will do that to people.
HARD HEARTED ALICE is such a great song. It's criminally underrated. It is an excellent classic rock song with a haunting melody that continues to change and build throughout the song.
Pretties For You was an absolutely killer album. I'm always blown away by the maturity of the writing and performance for such an early release. The theatrical influence has always been present, and it was on PFY. Loved this guy since '74 when I discovered him at 9. The revulsion and anger he aroused in adults was really apparent and that sealed the deal for me. I knew I was onto something, and I was. Also, having struggled through life with my own addiction issues, my respect for Alice only increased when he got clean.
@@originalotto7126 i agree i like easy action too, to me shoe salesman was one of the best songs they wrote.
@@junglieI love that song too; it’s my favorite on “Easy Action.”
Cooper, Lemmy and Dio: seem like the most honest interviews, and sometimes they're drunk.
Fast forward and now that young audience is bringing their children and grandchildren to experience Alice.
He still sounds great. Going to see him in three days.
Dave W Wow your soooo lucky ! He’s my idol!
ENJOY! Such an awesome concert!
And then ?
Dave W how was the show? I've seen him twice and it was great both times.
I’m trying to see him in a couple months
Thank you Vincent...for creating the monster we all know and love as Alice Cooper.
Alice is so different now, but strangely also the same. I'm 60 years old, and I was still in elementary school when "School's Out For The Summer" came out. 6th grade. Can't believe he's still touring! Go Alice Cooper! Loving Jesus and rocking the world at the same time!
Same here. Schools Out blew me away, I was like 5th grade. Alice Cooper became first love and introduction to hard rock.
I was in secondary school and 5 or so years older than you. I was totally into Alice Cooper and had all his albums through the 70s until Punk came and then it was punk but I think Alice and Iggy were original Punks.
Alice cooper you are one amazing dude since you started out and your still rocking your thing! ✌
You have such a profound impact on my career that even the biggest thank you text would fall shout to express my gratitude. Thanks for your support and the love shown stay safe ❤️❤️❤️
I’ve been an Alice fan since 1972 and still am!!
Me too at 11 i saw them do scolls out on tv, i've never been quite the same since tbh.
@@junglie Me too, watch him on late TV. called, In Concert 1972, created by Don Kirshnen.
So am I. He never gets tiring 😊
I’ve been a diehard fan since right about the time this interview was done. Halloween ‘74, when I saw “The Nightmare” on TV. I was 8 years old. Due to my age, I didn’t actually get to see Alice until ‘79, on the “From The Inside” tour… which was a decent show, but I always wished I could have seen the original band. I’ve always been way more into them than any of his solo albums.
Damn. I was 11 months old at this time. Years later I discovered Rock n Roll through the Welcome to My Nightmare album. Always loved Alice Cooper.
What an intelligent man. Wish I could have seen alice live in '74. Unfortunately wasn't born until '83 so that never really worked out🤔
I was born in 1980, lucky for me my mother was a huge fan.
I followed his career I first learned about Alice Cooper when I was in elementary school he was on the muppet show before we knew it schools out. Was all over the radio this was in the 80s I was born in 1979 old enough to know that he's a rock God and still amazing I would love to see him on stage and would love to meet him some day lol.
I’m quite a bit older than you (born ‘67), but feel basically the same way. My first time seeing Alice was on the “From The Inside” tour in ‘79, and though it was a good show, I couldn’t help but sit there thinking “I wish I could have seen the original band”. I first got into Alice right around the same time this interview was conducted. Fall of ‘74, when the TV special “The Nightmare” was televised that Halloween. I was 8 years old and thoroughly captivated by Alice. Unfortunately, not only was that right after the original band had split up, but I was just a few years shy of being allowed to go to big rock concerts (though I lied to my parents when I was 9 and snuck away with my aunt to see KISS - my first concert).
Such a great story lol I never snuck out love his music since I was a kid I would love to meet Alice Cooper someday lol I follow both bands lol. ❤️
This interview took place at the Hesperia Hotel in Helsinki for Finnish TV on March 11th 1974.
Great video! thanks so much for sharing this!
He is so talented
The first time I've heard Vincent having a hard time talking about Alice Cooper
in the 3rd person!
Marilyn Monroe did the same thing, but she was created by the movie studio. They turn into a brand, that must evolve and maneuver to get as much as they can out of their persona.
My cousin David was a huge fan. He taught me to appreciate Alice.
Joyce B check out the 360 degree hologram that Salvador Dali did of Alice in 1973.
The cameraman was on a whole different sort of drug than Alice...
The interviewer seemed like an asshole.
Tristan Burton yep. He kept trying to claim that Alice incites violence and bad behavior. Even after Alice said that you can go watch a violent movie, but that's doesn't go make you violent.
@@SerPurple51you're being too sensitive. Remember it was the 70s, nobody else was doing what Alice Cooper did, his questions seemed more about reflecting on the public perception of him and his take on it, not necessarily enforcing anything negative on the artist. People were already frightened of Alice because of his music and not because of the interviewers questions.
@@HarvesterOfEyes91 right on,bro.
@@SerPurple51 same old, dumb idea...people love to cling to that, to explain violence in the world.🙄
Fascinating. I was17 in 1974, never a fan of hard rock, Alice Cooper, or stage shows. But what he is describing here is a model he helped create that has been replicated through to this day. Though his music is not my thing, I appreciate pros who care about delivering for their audience.
Ya!
This is great. So cool to see AC so young again. This is from the year, his music came to me. Thank you for that. And the video quality is nice and clean.
It’s weird to see him young.
Damn Alice looks the same way now, as back in the day..he has not aged, pretty cool. Loved him in Wayne's world
What the hell u trippin on he looks hella old now
Ehhh... he's shown his age for the past 15 years or so. He's lived a high and fast life. It's showing. But he's still kicking ass and doing amazing on stage.
Umm,..I've seen Alice in person recently,and he sure doesnt even resemble himself here. He's still a nice guy though,just looking every day of his age,..73.
(And that aint his hair he is wearing these days.) I know what I know.
He looks much more healthy now!!!
What? He’s aged a LOT since this interview. Don’t let the makeup and black hair dye fool you.
You can sense his intelligence.
He is so intelligent that he eventually turned his life over to Christ. 🎉
not in thumbnail 😅
Sense it???? You can hear his intelligence, now, then and forever
His wife brought it out in him
One of my favorite interviews
Still an absolutely amazing entertainer and the whole band is a quality act.
What's amazing is his dad was a minster. Now he promotes Christianity. He was great friends with Glen Campbell before he died.
He alludes to his Christianity all throughout his career. It's always been obvious.
@@buttkid3548 hard to get un- programmed once brainwashed with Religion when it's instealed as a child.
Early 70s were rebellious with Counterculture. HATE any violence on animals.
I love this man forever...I am a fan since 1972...he is a legend ...love you...❤
I saw him on Oahu on the North Shore, in a grocery store, 1978 February,
I was 22 and it freaked me out,
No one believed me when I got back home,
We didn't have phones with cameras,
Actually I forgot about it for many years, then I saw this☮️👈🏽
Probably there to play golf.
She asked me why the singers name was Alice..
Dave Verdin You really wouldn’t understand
Baby if you wanna, be my lover, you better take me home, cuz it's a long, long way to paradise, and I'm still on my own.
I was thinking of that same line when he asked.
Absolutely loved seeing this old interview. Takes me back to simpler times like Pepperidge Farms.... love u Alice
“Pepperidge Farms”, 🤣🤣🤣 Now all I can think of is that old TV commercial from the late 80’s with the old man.
I can't speak about how people were in 74 because I didn't exist, but people talking sense isn't that common anymore.
Love that he references Alice Cooper as a group and not an individual performer with back up musicians. He seems to be talking about the Alice Cooper Group. That's nice.
Um yeah…of course he’s talking about the original group, they were still together at this time
Well yeah, this was the final year of the original band. I’m guessing this was just before the big Rock in Rio gig that year, which would be the original band’s final concert.
@@eslwgpg1226Only barely, at this point.
I remember when alice cooper started out in the early seventies and I thought he was going to be just another novelty act but he lasted a lot longer to thought he would and he is still going strong. Long lives vincent furnier and Alice cooper
He da man! All the time, always!
I’m too young to remember Alice when they first hit big in 1970 with “I’m Eighteen”, but I’ve had this conversation many times before with my aunt, who’s a fellow Alice Cooper freak and been a fan since the beginning. She told me that that was indeed the general consensus from most people at the beginning of the 70’s - that Alice Cooper was nothing but a fad, a gimmick, a flavor of the week… and that in a few years they’d be long forgotten and relegated to “one hit wonder” status. Yeah. Things didn’t quite pan out that way.
Here we are today, in 2023, and Alice is still pretty much a household name. He may not have had any charting hits recently, but say his name to anybody and they’ll know exactly who you’re talking about. I still occasionally see teenage kids wearing his shirts. I’m pretty sure he’ll always be remembered, even long after he’s gone from this plane.
Vince we luv u and your wife; caught your show in our area (west palm beach Florida) not too long ago.. and hope you will circle back sometime soon and enjoy our beaches and if u do bring your big ol monsters..we adore you since the 70's, especially when you appeared on Sesame street..❤😢!! I'm 58 and my husband is 66. We got a kick out of watching the kids enjoying you like we did. God bless you and keep you healthy and clean, you set a great example..lol.. keep on keepin' on!🎉❤
Love him so damn much.
He is such a rock legend. One of the coolest Ever. SO glad I made the effort to go see him just before Halloween in San Francisco in 2016. Epic!!
Alice Cooper-handsome! A wonderful man!! Plays the album in headphones: "Welcome to my nightmare" from 1975. But this interview with Alice accidentally appears on RUclips. Just mysticism is happening!
I was a teen, and daddy wouldn't let me go. My boy cousins went. LOL. I'm 60 now and still like making parents mad.
I saw Alice at a festival in Norway a few years ago. As I was walking away after the show I started talking with a woman who was in late 60’s. Long grey hair, sloppy jeans and loose, washed out T-shirt. She was so happy! She got to see Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath at her FIRST ever festival. So cool! She said she was afraid at one point. She was up next to the barrier when Poison started. There was a big push. I didn’t get time to talk about why, what, where, how etc. I was headed to the next stage. She was headed to the camp ground to hit the sack. One of the coolest moments in my rock life.
He’s still touring!! Me and my dad went to see him a few years back! Alice cooper has been my favorite singer ever sense my dad showed me his video of the welcome to my nightmare tour when I was a little girl! I am gonna see him if he comes back to Colorado
Alice is an legend. Always loved him.
I think I was in 7th grade when I first heard of him. Everyone had his album by then, I never owned one, but my little brother did, so I was exposed that way. But by then, Alice was all over the TV. He was doing characters and cameos on TV dramas and comedies, and, as he mentions in the interview, also game shows. Lots of interview shows. He was literally everywhere! So much so, that he'll probably never be forgotten. He also went to the same high school as me, but about a decade before I was there.
I discovered him right around this time. 1974, on TV with “The Nightmare” Halloween special, with Vincent Price. It was the very first thing he did after the breakup of the original Alice Cooper band. I was 8 years old, and just instantly obsessed. My mom went and bought me the Billion Dollar Babies album, complete with a giant “billion dollar bill” in it. I listened to that record nonstop, over and over for a couple of months, and then I started getting all the other albums that had been released up to that point. By the time the “Welcome To My Nightmare” album came out I think I already had every album from the original band except Pretties For You.
Alice Cooper always ended with a feel good tune like Schools out or Department of youth. After all the horror before hand. Epic shows.
Legend has it he's still drinking that beer.
It's funny how he's talking about the old folks. He's now one himself , and so are alot of his fans .I'm 61 and have loved him since 1973. And he's still rocking! Legend!
I will always love Alice Cooper.
He's always been such a lovable goofball.
Pretties For You and Alice Cooper at The Whiskey a Go-Go are the two greatest Alice Cooper albums I've ever listened to due to their brutal honesty.
Personally " Schools Out" is my favorite album. But "Pretties for you" is a killer ( excuse the pun) album. Most people think "love it to death" is the debut album. PFY is a garage band record, totally underrated and real
@@ronaldj.downeyjr7507 yes pretties for you was actually a great garage band album. Detroit stories has some great garage band music don't you think? Go man go is raw and fast.
@@ronaldj.downeyjr7507School’s Out is also my favorite album. It’s basically a perfect album. Not a single bad, or even mediocre song on it. Great flow, great sequencing, great album cover design. The record I got as a kid came with a pair of paper panties, but mine got destroyed a long time ago. That album has really held up well over the years. I still get just as amped up listening to it today as I did as a kid in the 70’s.
This must have been his bottle of whisky a day phase. His eyes are so bloodshot
I had the honor of meeting Dennis Dunaway last weekend, what a cool down to earth guy. The Original Alice Cooper band is still my all time favorite. I love the Beatles and the Stones, but Alice Cooper and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars / David Bowie took rock to a whole new level. I could not imagine life without them.
I'm so old I remember when Alice Cooper was '"the devil".
Burt bacharach haha i love it!
Ha Ha! That's what my mom thought in 1972.
This interview is amazing!
Watching this in 2024 and realizing that interview took place 50 years ago...
Everybody has a little Alice in all of us! Second concert I ever saw. And yes it was billion dollar babies tour.
Kind of disappointed the interviewer didn't ask about Milwaukee...
Does this guy know how to party or what?!
In fact, isn't Milwaukee an Indian name?
Actually, it's pronounced "milly wah kay"
@@drea4195 Yes Pete, it is. In fact it's pronounced "Mee-lee-wah-kay" which is Algonquin for: "The Good Land".
I LOVE YOUR MUSIC MR. COOPER💚🇧🇷💛😍
@Pepe! Já tirei a vela! , OLÁ PEPE, EU REALMENTE NÃO SEI, MAS ACREDITO EM VC!
I have no doubt that he got drunk many times but I used to be a drunk and I never sipped beer like that. He was a lot smarter and under control than most gave him credit for. That's why he's still able to play today.
He was maintenance-drinking during this interview. Drinking just enough to stave off the shakes and the dt’s. My uncle was the same way. The real obvious drunkenness usually didn’t occur until late at night.
@@Shikta-poobah67the beer can isnt even open.
“I like Me too much to die”
Awesome.
precursor of theatrical rock and unequaled genius.
When Alice was real, and even Vince was afraid of him. Ah, the good old scary days...
Totally agree
...Vince
your right
Now Alice is just a characture of his younger deadly onstage self.
That's funny, Alice mentioned the Osmonds and his band being at opposite ends, but some people would like both. I got to see Alice Cooper in May of 1973, and the Osmonds 2 nights later.
You have such a profound impact on my career that even the biggest thank you text would fall shout to express my gratitude. Thanks for your support and the love shown stay safe ❤️❤️❤️
Was Good To See You Again Alice Cooper ‘73 or ‘74? Wasn’t that what Hard Hearted Alice eventually turned into? I know the original title became the song on Muscle of Love.
LEGEND !!!!
I'm 58 I was an Alice cooper fan when I was 11. wanted to go to his concert in Wichita, ks. mom wouldn't let me! she did buy me an album...wish I still had it.
Saw Alice Cooper in the 80s. Greatest musical performances I have ever seen.
Bro,you put on the best show I have EVER scene in my entire life...can't wait til you come back to Dallas..\m/
The second he started talking I knew he was Finnish. TORILLE PERKELE!
Alice's drinking Lahden Erikois beer!
I’m in my 50th Year of attending Alice Cooper Shows. The Billion Dollar Baby Band was the Best. But now his put together Bands, especially with the Girls on Guitar, are Marvelous and put on a Hell of a Show!
Thank God he Quit Drinking! I saw him and deep purples guitar player walking the full length of Hollywood Blvd. giving away 100 dollar bills in the mid ‘70s. Just a little ole’ band from Hollywood on top of the World!!!
refreshing footage!
Saw him last night. Great show as expected.
Really enjoyed seeing this - something I guess most never did get to when it was first broadcast. Startling to realise how many years have passed, but still a fan here 👍.
I was at the concert that got tear gassed!, Definitely memorable!
yes are so right Brucey, that was a " ghastly" good show!
He’s so fuckin unique and beautiful looking
🤘🚬👽🤘
Oh Alice. Aka Vinnie...what you went through to get where you are at. THANK GOD for Sheryl coming into your life!!!! She SAVED you!! I hope to meet you ONE MORE TIME with VIP. I want to talk to you one on one. To tell you how much I love you as a performer and love your wife for SAVING YOU. XOXO
Omg I saw this in youtube years ago I'm glad they have the full clip!!!
Vinnie you are the best
I saw that show . It was in Denver and i was in high school. That was alot of fun. Thanks Coop.
He has beautiful eyes.
Very glassy
My first concert was Alice Cooper on the Billion Dollar Babies tour in May of 1973 at the Denver Coliseum. Awesome!
He is so young.
This interview was done in my birth year. Glad Alice is still doing his thing!
I ❤ Alice Cooper
You have such a profound impact on my career that even the biggest thank you text would fall shout to express my gratitude. Thanks for your support and the love shown stay safe ❤️❤️❤️
Damn, he was playing golf way back in the day. I thought it was a hobby/sport he picked up when he was in his middle age years.👍
That's what I was thinking.
That would have been hard not drinking some brews on the course when he got sober the first time
@@scottsanders2641 That's my thought as well. Also crack one after my first bad shot, so almost immediately lol.
@@SilverbackGorilla69 lol!
lol!@@scottsanders2641
Saw Alice in concert.
He put in a hell of a good concert. I'd love to see him again.
I can't believe Alice Cooper was 26 here! He looks around 36 here, about a decade older than his actual age. People looked so much older back then it's crazy!
touring & drinking a lot'll do that to ya.
Yeah, heavy daily drinking just *MIGHT* have had something to do with that. Just a guess.
*One Amazing Icon!!*
Music has always been a big paart of our life thanks to our mom born in the forties she was always open minded to what we listened too from the platters to sabbath ,and cooper Cooper is awsome
saw every show. a first, a legend, one of my favorite on stage performers of all time
He’s describing the manifesto of the coming punk revolution, as a hard rocker admitting that rock had gotten boring and needed more
Exactly what I was thinking. I was a huge Alice Cooper in Jr. High, then I heard the Damned, and the Sex pistols. Stayed a Alice Cooper fan, but I knew I had found my people.
Punk Rock quickly got real boring.
he soaked up a lot from his friendship w/ jim morrison. he incorporated those ideas that morrison revolutionized. cooper camped it & scale it up to large stage production.... he was and is a very shrewd creator of theater/music conception. he also had a very observant eye on the change & shift in culture from the late 60's to the early 70's. he sensed before many that the hippie idealism scene was fraught w/ hypocricy & inflated self importance. even though he didnt morph into pure punk like iggy pop did, he was certainly a groundbreaker in the sound turf, attitude & sensibilities of punk long before many... imo, punk started w/ jim morrison in re to attitude, honesty, spectacle. early cooper scaled it up more w/o losing punk's edge. then iggy pop inserted the sound, energy & naked nihilism.... cooper, esp early, gets short changed as a transformational artist. guys like h rollins owe him a debt.
Joey Ramone was a great fan of Alice Cooper
@Scott Young why would that be a stretch? The early Cooper records rock . And the theatrics are a plus.
Alice Cooper Show was best concert I saw at Cobo Hall.
He's absolutely beautiful
I've never seen anything with him younger only older. Dudes hilarious.
He's on top of his game here. A legend o
This was actually a very pivotal point in his career. A lot changed for him in ‘74. The original band split up, and he started working with Dick Wagner on what would eventually become the “Welcome To My Nightmare” album, which began with the Halloween TV special “The Nightmare”, which was how I first ‘discovered’ Alice when I was a kid.
What a cool interview! Real, honest talk about just having fun with Rock & Roll. No fake personas or walls. All just honest talk.
I'm grateful Alice Cooper met a kind hearted wife who has saved his life and had a wonderful family
Finally a good comment...if left in the condition he is in this interview with this attitude without her...he may not have made it through this alive